Wax distributor for floor-polishing machines



, Dec. 4, 1928.

T. A. MARSHALL Filed June 15, 1925 wag M Patented Dec. 4, 19 28.

1,693,908 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE. j

THOMAS A. MARSHALL, or H enRs'rowN, MARYLAND, Assrenon, BYnInEctr Ann MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, or ONE-HALF'TO 'rnn FLOOROLA CORPORATION, OF BALTI- MORE, MARYLAND, CORPORATION-OF DELA\VARE, ANDONE-HALF TO ERNEST J. NEWGQMER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. v

WAX DISTRIBUTOR FOR FLOOR-POLJZSHING MACHINES. I

Application filed June 13, 192-5. Serial No. 36,886. v

My invention relates to an improvement in wax distributors for floor polishing machines. The object of this particular invention is to provide a simple attachment for a floorpolisher that can be easily applied or detached, and in which the wax-container can be easily removed and replaced.

Thisinvention consists of a brush having an orifice through the center and a wax-container replaceably held therein, said container having means for directing the escape of the wax which is adapted to be forced from the container by centrifugal action against the bristlesof the brush which form an annular wall surrounding the lower or discharge end of the container, and a flexible belt or hand forming an outside or lateral support to confine the bristles of the brush within bounds.

In the accompanying drawings r Fig. 1 is a plan View; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the container with'the lower part broken away.

The brush is composed of a circular head 1, and the usual bristles 2 on the lower side,

with an orifice 3 extending vertically through the center. The numeral 4. indicates the wax-container, and 5 is the cover which extends down to the crimped band 6, and the latter is adapted to rest upon the annular shoulder 7 in the central orifice 3 of the brush (as shown in Fig. 2), a feather 8 passing down through the notch 9 and preventing it from turning.

The bottom 10 of the container is preferably rounded at the outer edge 11, and provided with pin-holes 12 preferably at opposite points for'the escape of the wax due to the centrifugal action of the brush when the polisher is in operation. The side of the container extends downwardly around and beyond these holes 12 forming a shield 13 which catchesthe wax and prevents it from flying or spreading out too far, and causing it to follow the shield to the edge and thence to spread outwardly into the bristles 2 of the brush, inthis way causing the wax to feed the brush and work its way gradually to the surface to be polished. V

A flexible belt 14% Surrounds the bristles, and is held by tacks. or nails 15 to the head, as shown in Fig. 2. This belt allows flexibility, and yet confines and controls the bristles against spreading outwardly beyond bounds, and also keeps the wax from spreading or flying outwardly due to the centrifugal action resulting .from the rotation of the brush. v The device is ren'iovably attached to the holder above not shown) by any approved means, such as studs 16 equidistantly arranged on the top of the brush. 7 7 J In this way, a very simple but effective device is provided for the purpose, the wax may be sealed in these containers and sold in that form, andeither easily slipped into the brush, and when the brush, is attached to the. machine held against turning therein, as the container must necessarily remain in place, or, when desired, it is replaceable by a new one by simply removing the brush from'the rotary head of the machine.

I claim: I 1. A device of the character described in cluding a circular-head having bristles attached at one end, a container secured in the central opening of the head, said container being of greater depth than the head and having a rounded lower end provided with outlets for the discharge of its contents within the area formed by the bristles of the brush below the head, and means for attaching the device to a rotary means, the rotation ofwhich causes the contents of the container to issue from the container in a downward and'outward direction toward the bristles of the brush.

2. In a device ofthe character described, the combination with a rotatable brush hav- 1 ing a central opening, of a container held in said central opening and having outlets adacent the bottom thereof in positionto discharge the contents of the cam by centrifugal force, and a depending shield connected with said cam and spaced from said outlets" for limiting the outward movement of the con tents.

'In a device of the character described, the combination with a brush back rotatable about a vertical axis and having a central opening, brush bristles extending downwardly from the back, of a container removably inserted in said central opening and having a concave lower edge, the curved portion of said edge having outlets therein in position to discharge the contentsof the can by centrifugal force against the bristles of the brush, and a depending shield extending downward from the can adjacent the openings forilimiting the outward movement of the contents thereof. r

4. Aconainerinounted for rotation about a vertical airis and having a lower edge rounded in a concavo-convex, form, said lower edge being provided with discharge openings in the'rounded portion thereof, the contents-of said container being discharged through said openings only, in a downwardly and outward ly direction. 7 i

5. The COITlblIlittlOIl with a brush having an opening therein and br stles arranged about said opening, of a Container having discharge openings thereinfor the contents, and a shield spaced apart from tlltlhPOl'tlOIl of the can inwhich the holes are located and also from the bristles of the brush,in use, to confine and deflect the contents of the contai ne r issuing from the discharge openings.

' '6. An attachment for a floor polishing 7 brush comprising a wax container'having sidesand a bottom connected together by an.

'intermediate portion, said container having a discharge opening in said intermediate portion, only. i i

7. An attachment brush comprisin await container having a rounded lower edgep'rovided with discharge openings in therounded portion thereof, the contents being discharged through said openings only, in a downwardly and outwardly diby, and a flexible belt eitiending around and for a floor polishing penings in the rounded portion thcreconfining the bristles of the brush, said belt covering approximately'the' entire length of the bristles; V n

' In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

THOMAS A. MARSHAL 

